Top Tamil Nadu news developments today

• Former Vishwa Hindu Parishad vice president RBVS Manian arrested by Chennai police for allegedly making derogatory commments against the architect of Indian Constitution B.R. Ambedkar.
• Sri Lankan Navy arrests four fishermen of Pudukottai district on the charge of trespassing.
• Directorate of Enforcement teams continues searches in Pudukottai district for the third consecutive day.
• Prospects of raising samba paddy crop in Cauvery delta turn bleak with dwindling storage in Mettur Dam; section of farmers demand declaration of the state as drought-hit while others call for protests.
• Water Resources Department likely to resume quarrying operations in Tiruchi district.
• DMK youth wing leader Udayanidhi Stalin to participate in youth wing meeting in Madurai ahead of the party’s meet in Salem.
• Police arrested a gang from Chengalpattu for illegally transporting rectified spirit from Bhopal and distributed in Chengalpattu, Madurantakam and Thiruvannamalai. Police also seized a huge quantity of spirit.
• TNAU Vice-Chancellor press conference in Coimbatore.
• The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR and CE) department Minister P. K. Sekar Babu is inspecting Kottai Mariamman temple and is addressing the media on Thursday.
• HR &CE Minister Sekar Babu participating in various programmes including survey of some temple lands in Dharmapuri

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